When it comes to Albums Of The Week, I’ve got an absolute belter for you on this weeks American Connection show. It’s so good I could have played all twelve tracks, but because of time I may only get the chance to play four….it’s from Hank Williams Jnr. There are five country artists celebrating birthdays [...]
The American Connection Country Music Radio Show
One of our country birthday boys on todays show celebrated his seventy fourth birthday this week is still touring and is one of country’s greatest crossover artists. Our Album Of The Week comes from a new artist called Teea Goans who presents her second album…and it’s a belter. The Billboard Hot Country Songs Charts is [...]
Jill Johnson Flirting with Disaster
You can perhaps be excused for not knowing about country singer Jill Johnson if you haven’t visited Sweden over the last few years. She has however been steeped in country music since the tender age of four and in 1998 she performed at Melodifestivalen and won through to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest. [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
On todays show there’s a chance to win tickets to see the daughter of Johnny Cash, Rosanne when she appears at The Sage Gateshead on March 26th. There’s a look at the ups and downs of the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and our Album Of The Week is a belter from Vince Gill. Philomena [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
Our featured Album Of The Week on today’s show comes from Toby Keith, entitled ‘Clancy’s Tavern and it’s an absolute belter. Our ‘Remember This’ track brings memories back to a couple of listeners who were married at Gretna Green and the ‘Coulda Been Country’ track comes from 1993 and has even been recorded by the [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
There’s a cornucopia of country sounds coming your way on todays show from the Travelling Wilburys through to Confederate Railroad. ‘Remember This’ takes us back to a time when a couple of listeners holidayed in Nashville and our ‘Coulda Been Country’ track features a number three chart success here in Britain in 1963. There’s the [...]
The American Connection Country Music Show
On this weeks show you can hear tracks from the four headline artists appearing at next years International Festival of Country Music which is being held at the Wembley Arena. I’ll be taking a look at the Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart and playing the top three best selling country singles. Our ‘Remember This’ feature [...]
Country Pursuits
It is a busy, busy show this week crammed full of great music. There’s the usual look at the ever changing Billboard Hot Country Songs Chart, and a reminder as to how you can win a copy of the last album the legendary Johnny Cash recorded. Our Album of the Week takes on a bluegrassy [...]